A temple complex is being excavated in Ogmik, the northwest of Armenia’s Shirak province, archeologist Hayk Hakobyan told journalists on Monday. “We have already found altars, idols and clay figures and carcasses of animals offered to gods. More specifically, dogs and deer were offered to Anahit and Astghik, goats to Vahagn. On one of the altars we have even...
The excavation of the temple complex Ogmik in Armenia will aid comprehensive study on pagan Armenian culture
Excavation of a pagan temple complex Ogmik in the village near the town of Amasia, will help to thoroughly examine the pagan Armenian culture, said the head of the group of archaeologists of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Professor Hayk Hakobyan. Excavations of the pagan...
